System and method of processing video data

A system to process video data, the system comprising:

• a re-generator having a processor and a memory device;
• wherein the memory device includes a data packet receipt module executable by the processor to receive a stream of data packets including a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) media packets and a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) packets;
• wherein the memory device includes an error module executable by the processor to determine an error profile of an error within the plurality of IP media packets;
• and
• wherein the memory device includes an arbitrator module executable by the processor to identify one of the plurality of FEC packets and to select one of a plurality of inverse FEC functions, wherein the identified FEC packet is associated with an error correction code corresponding to the error profile, and wherein the error correction code includes a Pro-Moving Picture Experts Group Code of Practice 3-based (Pro-MPEG COP3-based) code, a Reed-Solomon code, a Luby Transform code, a Raptor code, a Golay code, a Hamming code, a Bose/Ray-Chaudhuri/Hocquenghem (BCH) code, a turbo-based code, a convolutional code, an interleaver, or any combination thereof.

A computer program embedded in a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• instructions to receive a stream of data packets including a plurality of initial Internet Protocol (IP) media packets and a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) packets;
• instructions to determine that at least one of the plurality of initial IP media packets includes an error having an error profile;
• instructions to identify one of the plurality of FEC packets, wherein the identified FEC packet is associated with an error correction code corresponding to the error profile;
• and
• instructions to select one of a plurality of inverse FEC functions to correct the error.